Quantum-electrodynamical treatment of second-harmonic generation through phase-conjugate six-wave mixing: Temporal analysis

Hands, Ian D., Lin, Shujie, Meech, Stephen R. and Andrews, David L. (2000) Quantum-electrodynamical treatment of second-harmonic generation through phase-conjugate six-wave mixing: Temporal analysis. Physical Review A, 62 (2). ISSN 1050-2947

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Abstract

It is shown how the effects of molecular reorientation may be incorporated in a fully quantized quantum-electrodynamical treatment of a high-order nonlinear optical effect. Specifically, a general temporal theory is developed to account for the second-harmonic intensity produced through phase-conjugate six-wave mixing. The theory permits elucidation of the intensity of the second-harmonic radiation for arbitrary arrangements of the generating laser beams and molecular geometry. Several models are considered: a one-dimensional model, linear geometry, and a planar geometry. A comparison is made between the results associated with these models and with those obtained from ultrafast experiments on dilute solutions of substituted stilbenes. We find that the off-axial components of the molecular polarizabilities are necessary to properly describe the orientational dynamics of such molecules.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy (former - to 2009) Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry (former - to 2024)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Physical and Analytical Chemistry (former - to 2017) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Chemistry of Light and Energy Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Photonics and Quantum Science
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	18 Jan 2016 17:00
Last Modified:	15 Oct 2025 23:41
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/56491
DOI:	10.1103/PhysRevA.62.023807

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